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A marquee monument with metal silhouettes of jazz musicians adorning its brick pillars towers over the site of Pennsylvania Avenue’s demolished Royal Theatre. While the construction is clearly meant to honor the theater’s past, James Hamlin doesn’t see it as a celebration of the once-splendid venue. “I was not involved …

I hate cooking and love social media, so I couldn’t have been happier when I came across an ad for vegan meal delivery service Splendid Spoon on Instagram. The program seemed promising—it appeared that a few of my friends had liked the ad (something I always wonder if is reality …

Strolling along Patterson Park, Bmore Licks is hard to miss: The side of the building is painted with a huge, vintage-style mural of three ice cream treats. But whether you stop by the walk-up window or enter the small industrial-style interior, what’ll really catch your eye is the sprawling menu. …

When the opportunity to review Cirque du Soleil’s touring spectactular, “OVO,” arose, I jumped at the chance. I had seen only two Cirque shows in my life–one in Disney when I was about eight or nine years old, and last year’s Toruk: The First Flight, an Avatar-themed performance with more …

I recently got a call that was a makeup and entertainment artist’s dream: Why not come backstage at the Royal Farms Arena and meet the cast of Cirque du Solei’s OVO…and then get made up as one of the characters? Didn’t have to ask me twice. I would have been …

THURSDAY 24 Dance: Cirque du Soleil Spending a few hours staring at bugs isn’t most people’s idea of a good time, but when Cirque du Soleil is involved, there’s not much we can’t get behind. In this quirky, visually fascinating production, a colony of insects of all kinds “work, play, …

Setting up a photo shoot, particularly one with an NFL player, involves a lot of email back and forth. In fact, there are so many voices included—a writer, photographer, creative director, associate publisher, the shop providing the clothes, and of course, the athlete’s agent—that when the football player shows up …

MICA graduate Nikki Hendricks doesn’t see our country as a cultural melting pot. In her view, it’s more of a salad bowl. “Cultures still have their own characteristics, but are mixed in together to make this American salad,” she says. “We have a lot of flavors, but it’s still one …

To celebrate the poets who penned the wonderful works in our September issue, we’re hosting a poetry reading at 7 p.m. on Sept. 27 at Charles Village’s Bird in Hand. Learn a little more about the writers below: Shirley Brewer Shirley J. Brewer graduated from careers in bartending, palm-reading and …

We’re all screaming for ice cream this summer! Our three-part series, Coneheads, introduces some of the newest sweet spots. They’re all over Instagram and Facebook: mouth-watering videos of liquid ice cream being poured onto cold slabs, scraped into delicate quarter-size rolls and served in a cup with a variety of …